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Mail art collaboration keeps artists in touch

Missing paintings, missing painters and delays, it turns out that organizing a mail art project was not as simple as Martyn Thompson anticipated. The expat artist organized the international project...

Apr 20, 2016
Expat Living
Talk to introduce 'Solitary Sage' Choi Chi-won

Chung-Ang University professor David Mason will be giving a talk on the ninth-century scholar, writer and spiritual sage Choi Chi-won. Choi served as a successful government official in both Tang Ch...

Apr 20, 2016
Expat Living
‘Death of an Anarchist’blends social commentary, comedy

Busan expats will have a rebel to root for -- or not -- in a satirical classic play that starts its run this weekend. Busan English Theatre Association is staging “Accidental Death of an Anarchist,”...

Apr 20, 2016
Expat Living
Seoul center provides psychological support service

Seoul Global Center is offering psychological counseling on a weekly basis to expats suffering from social conflicts and stress. The counseling, available in English and Korean, is available on Thur...

Apr 20, 2016
Expat Living
Haebangchon to become ‘Green Culture Village’

The government announced plans Monday to transform Seoul’s Yongsan 2ga-dong, better known by the expatriate community as Haebangchon or HBC, into a “Green Culture Village,” where nature will blend wi...

Apr 19, 2016
Expat Living
More real estate agencies for foreigners in Seoul

Seoul city will increase the number of real estate agencies for foreigners to 220, the city government announced Friday. Currently there are 175 real estate agencies in Seoul that are tested and cer...

Apr 15, 2016
Expat Living
Pilgrimage trail next step to help orphans

Jeonju-based expat Terry Lyons will be walking the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage trail this spring to raise money for a severely disabled girl and awareness of orphanages’ needs. Lyons began wal...

Apr 13, 2016
Expat Living
Gwangju V-Day performance to help single mothers’ shelter

Performers in Gwangju will stage “The Vagina Monologues” next week to help raise money for a single mothers’ shelter in the city and promote awareness of violence against women. Funds raised through...

Apr 13, 2016
Expat Living
Expat info site AngloInfo gets new look, address

Expat online information hub AngloInfo has revamped its website with a simpler visual style and added functions for users. Selling itself as “an online doorway to an off-line community,” AngloInfo i...

Apr 13, 2016
Expat Living
Korean Language Ability Test opens applications for May

Applications to take the Korean Language Ability Test are open until April 24. The exam will be on May 22, is available for three levels -- beginner, middle and advanced --- and is offered at four l...

Apr 13, 2016
Expat Living
Arts fest Big Day South makes Gwangju foray

Annual audiovisual festival Big Day South is gearing up for its first show in Gwangju this month, with a collection of music, visual and performing arts. Run by art magazine Angle, the festival seek...

Apr 6, 2016
Expat Living
ANZA Korea ball to feature Kylie tribute

The Australia and New Zealand Association of Korea will hold its annual charity ball this month, featuring a tribute group to international pop icon Kylie Minogue. Also known as “Kylie’s favorite Ky...

Apr 6, 2016
Expat Living
Talk to explore Korea’s garden culture

Korea university professor emeritus Sim Woo-kyung will give a talk on Korean garden culture for the Royal Asiatic Society on Tuesday. Gardens across the world have been designed to re-create paradis...

Apr 6, 2016
Expat Living
Tax advice offered in Seoul

Tax counselors from Yeoksam District Tax Office will be visiting Yeoksam Global Village Center to offer free tax advice to foreign residents. The advice will be available from 9:30 a.m. to noon on A...

Apr 6, 2016
Expat Living
Seoul Shakespeare group to mark bard’s anniversary

Seoul Shakespeare Company will be hosting an evening of the writer’s monologues and scenes in honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death next week. The event is part of the Shakespeare Th...

Apr 6, 2016
Expat Living

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

Address : Huam-ro 4-gil 10, Yongsan-gu,Seoul, Korea
Online newspaper registration No : Seoul 아03711
Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
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